The demonstrations came as the so-called peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority have reached a new deadlock after Tel Aviv refused to free the last tranche of the 104 Palestinian prisoners in late March as part of a deal for the resumption of the US-sponsored negotiations.

He has also said Palestinian prisoners observed a day of hunger strike to mark the day.

The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees and Ex-detainees Affairs said in a report on Wednesday that 5,000 Palestinian inmates, including 476 people who are sentenced to death, remain in Israeli prisons.

Human rights organizations often criticize Israeli prison authorities for rampant rights abuses in jails and reports of mysterious deaths of inmates in custody. They also complain that many Palestinians are kept in administrative detention.

Administrative detention is a sort of imprisonment without trial or charge that allows Israel to incarcerate Palestinians for up to six months. The detention order can be renewed for indefinite periods of time.